Arrow (TV Series) Episode: Invasion!

"Invasion!"
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Arrow  Season 5: Episode 8
November 30, 2016
Directors	James Bamford
Writers	Greg Berlanti Marc Guggenheim Wendy Mericle
Previous Episode	"Vigilante" (November 16, 2016)
Next Episode	"What We Leave Behind" (December 7, 2016)

I didn't make all those sacrifices for a reward, Thea. I did it because it was right, and seeing it proves how much more there is to be done, and I can't do it without you.

—Oliver Queen

Invasion! is an episode of season 5 of Arrow. It premiered on November 30, 2016.

Appearing in "Invasion!"

Featured Characters:

• The Atom/Ray Palmer (Earth-1) (Flashback and main story) (Also in a vision) (Also in a simulation)
• Green Arrow/The Arrow/The Hood/Oliver Queen (Earth-1) (Flashback and main story) (Also in a vision) (Also in a simulation)
• The Hood/Spartan/John Diggle (Earth-1) (Flashback and main story) (Also in a vision) (Also in a simulation)
• Speedy/Thea Queen (Earth-1) (Flashback and main story) (Also in a vision) (Also in a simulation)
• White Canary/Sara Lance (Earth-1) (Flashback and main story) (Also in a vision) (Also in a simulation)

Supporting Characters:

• Felicity Smoak (Dominators' Reality) (Single appearance) (In a simulation) (Erased)
• Gideon (Hologram)
• Laurel Lance (Dominators' Reality) (Single appearance) (In a simulation) (Erased)
• The Legends (Earth-1)
  • Nate Heywood
  • Rip Hunter (Flashback only) (Cameo)
• Moira Queen (Dominators' Reality) (Single appearance) (In a simulation) (Erased)
• Robert Queen (Dominators' Reality) (Single appearance) (In a simulation) (Erased)
• Supergirl/Kara Danvers (Earth-38)
• Team Arrow (Earth-1)
  • Mister Terrific (Curtis Holt)
  • Overwatch (Felicity Smoak) (Flashback and main story) (Also as an illusion)
  • Ragman (Rory Regan)
  • Wild Dog (Rene Ramirez)
• Team Flash (Earth-1)
  • Cisco Ramon
  • The Flash (Barry Allen)

Antagonists:

• Cyberwoman/Laura Washington (Earth-1) (First appearance)
• Dark Archer/Malcolm Merlyn (Dominators' Reality) (Single appearance) (In a simulation) (Erased)
• Deathstroke/Slade Wilson (Dominators' Reality) (Single appearance) (In a simulation) (Erased)
  • Mirakuru Army (Single appearance) (In a simulation) (Erased)
• Deathstroke/Slade Wilson (Earth-1) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
• The Dominators (Earth-1) (Also in a simulation)
  • Firestrom/Jefferson Jackson (Earth-1) (Brainwashed) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
  • Heatwave/Mick Rory (Earth-1) (Brainwashed) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
• H.I.V.E. (Dominators' Reality) (Single appearance) (In a simulation) (Erased)
  • Damien Darhk (Single appearance) (In a simulation) (Erased)
  • The Ghosts (Single appearance) (In a simulation) (Erased)
• League of Assassins (Earth-1) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
  • Ra's al Ghul (Flashback only) (Cameo)

Other Characters:

• Alex Davis (Earth-1) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
• Andy Diggle (Earth-1) (Appears only as a corpse) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
• Channel 52 (Earth-1) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
• Dave Hackett (Earth-1) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
• Joe the Bartender (Dominators' Reality) (Single appearance) (In a simulation) (Erased) (Cameo)
• Jonah Hex (Earth-1) (In picture only) (Cameo)
• Laurel Lance (Earth-1) (Flashback only) (Also as an illusion)
• Lyla Michaels (Earth-1) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
• Moira Queen (Earth-1) (Dies in flashback) (Also as an illusion) (Cameo)
• Robert Queen (Earth-1) (Dies in flashback) (Also as an illusion) (Cameo)
• Roy Harper (Earth-1) (As an illusion only)
• Seven 6 News Channel (Earth-1) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
• Starling City Police Department (Dominators' Reality) (Single appearance) (In a simulation) (Erased)
  • Cpt. Quentin Lance (Single appearance) (Flashback and main story) (In a simulation) (Erased)
• Starling City Police Department (Earth-1) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
• Tommy Merlyn (Earth-1) (As an illusion only)
• Adam Hunt (Dominators' Reality) (Mentioned only)
• Andy Diggle (Dominators' Reality) (Mentioned only)
• Anna Loring (Earth-1) (Mentioned only)
• God (Mentioned only)
• Det. Lucas Hilton (Dominators' Reality) (Mentioned only)
• NASA (Earth-1) (Mentioned only)
• Tommy Merlyn (Dominators' Reality) (Mentioned only)
• U.S. Army (Dominators' Reality) (Mentioned only)
• Van Horn Industries (Earth-1) (Mentioned only)
• Walter Steele (Dominators' Reality) (Mentioned only)
• Billy Joel (Earth-1) (Mentioned only)
• J.J. Abrams (Earth-1) (Mentioned only)
• E.T. (Mentioned only)

Locations

• The Dominators' Reality (Single appearance) (Unnamed) (Erased)
  • United States of America
    • Starling City
      • The Bunker (Single appearance) (In a simulation)
      • Merlyn Global Group (Single appearance) (In a simulation) (Cameo)
      • Queen Consolidated (Single appearance) (In a simulation)
      • Queen Mansion (In a simulation)
      • Starling Metro Police (In a simulation)
      • Smoak Technologies (Single appearance) (In a simulation)
      • Verdant (Mentioned only)
    • Chicago (Mentioned only)
  • Afghanistan
    • Kandahar (Mentioned only)
• Earth-1
  • Earth
    • Pacific Ocean (Flashback only)
    • Nanda Parbat (Flashback only) (Cameo)
    • United States of America
      • Central City (Flashback only) (Cameo)
      • Chicago (Flashback only) (Cameo)
      • Star City/Starling City (Flashback and main story)
        • Big Belly Burger (Flashback only) (Cameo)
        • Campaign Office (Flashback only)
          • The Bunker
        • Corrado Italian Bistro (Flashback only) (Cameo)
        • The Glades (Flashback only) (Cameo)
          • Queen Steel Factory (Flashback only) (Cameo)
            • Arrowcave (Flashback only) (Cameo)
        • Laurel Lance's Apartment (Flashback only) (Cameo)
        • Queen Consolidated (Flashback only) (Cameo)
        • Queen Mansion (Flashback only) (Cameo)
• Speed Force (Behind the scenes)

Items:

• Dark Archer's Bow (In a simulation)
• Deathstroke Suit (In a simulation)
• Deathstroke's Sword (In a simulation)
• Devarim Rags
• Dominator Energy Rifle (Single appearance)
• Firestorm Matrix (Flashback only) (Cameo)
• Heat Wave's Heat Gun (Flashback only) (Cameo)
• Hōzen (In a simulation)
• Meta-Bomb (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
• Oliver Queen's Bow
  • Trick Arrows
• Spartan's Helmet (Flashback only) (Cameo)
• Thea Queen's Bow (Flashback only) (Cameo)
• Yao Fei's Bow (Cameo)

Vehicles:

• Dominators' Fleet
  • Dominators' Mothership (Also in a vision)
• Queen's Gambit (Flashback only) (Destroyed) (Cameo)
• Waverider (Flashback and main story)

Concepts:

• Magic
• Metahumans
• Time Travel

Notes

• This is the 100th episode of Arrow and the second part of the Invasion! crossover with Arrow, Supergirl and DC's Legends of Tomorrow.
  • The story continues from The Flash episode, "Invasion!" and is concluded in DC's Legends of Tomorrow episode, "Invasion!".
• The Dominators creates a virtual reality through the memories of Oliver and his friends. In the altered timeline:
  • Robert and Oliver never journeyed on the Queen's Gambit which leads to Robert never dying and Oliver never being standed on Lian Yu, facing his five years of training and becoming The Hood;
  • Laurel Lance and Moira Queen are still alive as a consequence of Oliver never becoming a vigilante and never meeting Damien Darhk and Slade Wilson;
  • Diggle returned from Afghanistan to Starling City, became The Hood to atone and created his own team with Felicity Smoak, like Oliver on Earth-1;
  • Like Robert and Oliver, Sara never traveled on the Gambit so she never joined the League of Assassins;
  • Ray Palmer never became The Atom so Starling City was never rebranded as Star City. He's also engaged to Felicity, like they were Season 3.

Trivia

• In the Dominators' reality, Malcolm Merlyn states that his son Tommy works in a Chicago hospital which is a nod to Colin Donnell starring in the tv series, Chicago Med.

See Also

• 3 Images from Arrow (TV Series) Episode: Invasion!
• Episodes of Arrow (TV Series)
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• Gallery for the Arrow (TV Series) series

Recommended Media

• None.

Links and References

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